Honestly, I thought it could be higher. Then compared with US it really depends of how much they earn, and some has a really high salary there.
Counting on the average I guess welfare does better, but I've on my side only Tuscany in Italy (which is between the best five), and Stockholm. Coming from Sicily probably I would have rated walfare a bit worse 😕.
Next few years are gonna be an atomic answer to the question.. "what I would've done in Germany 1930?".
For the Americans and also for us European which can't do much (and for many rising countries which hope in a better and more democratic life).
I never believed I would experienced anything most important than WWII, but what US are going to experience until the next election (or over), it's going to impact the world balance even more.
What about the Metaverse?
It's quite a lot I don't hear about that now.